Membership Certificate (Hovhannes Bey Dadyan)
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Membership Certificate (Hovhannes Bey Dadyan)Scope and Content
This honorary membership certificate was awarded to Hovhannes Bey Dadyan by the Société orientale de France, a prestigious Paris-based scholarly organization founded in 1841 and officially recognized by royal decree in 1842. The society was dedicated to the study and promotion of Eastern cultures, languages, and civilizations, and published the influential Revue de l’Orient until 1865, serving as a major platform for research on the Near East, North Africa, and Asia. Among its distinguished members were prominent figures such as Victor Hugo and Alexandre Dumas, along with diplomats, historians, and orientalists who sought to deepen France’s cultural and academic engagement with the East. The document is signed by the organization’s president, Larochefoucauld, duc de Doudeauville and executed May 2, 1857 when Dadyan was 58 years old.Category
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